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    THE VIEWING GUIDE

    Aug 04, 2019 3 minutes
    CHRIS HEWITT

    Captain Marvel

    DIRECTORS ANNA BODEN and Ryan Fleck weren’t kidding when they used the phrase “higher, further, faster, baby” for Captain Marvel. The first Marvel Studios movie to feature a solo female (Brie Larson’s Carol Danvers) in the lead role may have taken its sweet time to get here, but it made a huge impact, taking in over $1 billion. Here, Boden and Fleck talk us through its key moments.

    STANNING LEE

    The first MCU movie to come out after Stan Lee’s death pays tribute to Marvel’s founding father in two delightful ways. First, (in which he played himself) on a bus. “We were thinking, ‘What would Stan Lee be doing in 1995?’” says Boden. “‘Wait, came out!’” Carol smiling at the man who indirectly created her was a late addition. “Stan passed away while we were in post, and we ended up going back and shooting the smile,” says Fleck.

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